The last paragraph of Chapter 12 of Romans gives a full-bodied list of choices for every believer, for every day, as we choose to submit our own will to the Lord and to love (and live with) others as Jesus did. I counted them and found ten. It is not the all-inclusive list (see Exodus 20), but […]
Weekly Devo
August 21
As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience. Luke 8.15 Amongst the people I routinely spend time with we all seem to currently have family situations for which we regularly pray for one another for patience […]
August 14
For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if […]
August 7
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of […]
July 24
If you take a moment to reminisce over your life, can you see how God has been at work? Have you ever asked him for something and not gotten it? And then sometime later you realize God gave you something better instead? When someone asks if I have seen God at work in my life […]
July 31
But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect. 1 Peter 3.15 Get Colleen to read it, if she understands it, it’s simple enough for anyone […]
July 17
“His (Christ’s) heart is the green pastures and still waters of endless reassurances of his presence and comfort, whatever our present spiritual accomplishments. It is who he is.”* If you are like me, this beautiful statement may remind you of Psalm 23, possibly the most known Psalm. I had some awareness of this Psalm years before I […]
July 10
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. Romans 15.13 Recently I was driving one of my usual routes through Poulsbo mostly thinking of my destination when the Lord surprised me. A couple blocks ahead I noticed […]